Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Chess Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Chess Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

Daily Current Affairs / Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Chess Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

Change Language English Hindi

Category : Sports Published on: July 29 2023

Share on facebook

Aditya Samant became India’s 83rd Grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at the Master Tournament (MTO) in the Biel International Chess Festival.
Aditya S Samant hails from the Maharashtra.
Samant earned his first GM norm at the age of 16 at the ABU Dhabi Masters in August andby December, Samant had already bagged his second GM norm at the 3rd El Llobregat Open.
To become a Grandmaster, a player has to secure three GM criteria and exceed a live rating of 2,500 ELO points.
His live rating going into the ninth-round game is 2525.4.
Before Aditya S Samant, Telangana's V Prraneeth became India's 82nd and the state's sixth GM when he defeated GM Hans Nieman of the US in the penultimate round of the Baku Open 2023.

Recent Post's

World Kidney Day 2026 was observed on March 12 with the theme "Kidney Health for All — Caring for People, Protecting the Planet.
Read More....
Para-athlete Shailesh Kumar won the gold medal in the men's high jump T63 category at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in New Delhi.
Read More....
The Supreme Court ruled that parental income alone cannot determine OBC creamy layer status, requiring consideration of occupation and social position.
Read More....
Prime Minister Modi released the 22nd installment of the PM-KISAN scheme, transferring ₹18,600 crore to over 9 crore farmers from Guwahati.
Read More....
KSRTC’s 'Dhwani Spandana', an audio-navigation tool for visually impaired passengers, won the 12th Governance Now PSU National Award.
Read More....
The International Rail Coach Expo 2026 was inaugurated at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai to showcase sustainable railway coach designs.
Read More....
Andhra Pradesh launched 'Araku Kouni', India's first tribal millet-based food menu, to promote tribal culinary traditions and food tourism.
Read More....
The Department of Telecommunications inaugurated 'Samriddhi Kendra', an integrated phygital service centre, in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh.
Read More....
The Ministry of AYUSH partnered with quick-commerce platform Zepto to launch a dedicated storefront for traditional wellness products.
Read More....
The BHASHINI platform integrated Sarvam AI models to process 15 million daily inferences across 36 text and 23 voice languages.
Read More....